has a teenage theme

In Dunedin there's a Friday Bakery. It’s only open on Friday and they make the best almond croissants I’ve ever had. While Luke and Christy went to warm up and preset the show, Joan drove me to the Friday Bakery and in search of bubblewrap. The treats were easy.

The bubblewrap was hard. The New Zealand Post brand bubblewrap doesn’t pop! The only bubblewrap I could find was green and I wondered about Luke’s particular aesthetic. I nearly didn’t buy it but then I looked at the label and it said biodegradable which swung me. The little things you think will be easy and then aren’t when you're away from home!

Teenage audience this morning. The Fortune full of them in their Logan Park High School Uniforms. Thought it would be a hard one – this show works so well with very little children and I wondered if teenagers would be too cool for it. But no. They were totally there with the show – and it was great having them all laugh at the adult jokes which often a primary aged audience will miss.

Ate almond croissants and chocolate genash tart and sour cherry tart for lunch and drank tea in the little changeroom under the stage with the heater on full.

Second show all primary kids. Hilarious. The game of ‘don’t clap, you’ll get in trouble’ which makes them want to clap more just kept on going. Me laughing out loud in the sound box while Luke and Christy played with them from the stage.

After the show I did some handstands and stretching while the others worked on their acro for Wiped Out. Went down to the octagon together and sat on the sunny green grass talking plans. Imagining bringing the superhero show here, Black Dog, doing some social circus projects with teenagers from round here. We talked about staying a couple of months and how we might get funding: Creative Communities grants? Ozco international touring? Residency in the Fortune? Walked back up to the Fortune and asked Becks what she thinks and we’re going to try and get a meeting on Monday.

Moana pool. Swam laps while the others sat in the spa. They are so physically tired from the show and I am doing so little physically while I’m here.

Walked around St Claire and St Kilda and the dinosaur park in the dark and Christy reminisced about her teenage years. Linked arms and giggled and sat briefly in the sand looking out at the dark sea.